diff --git a/pear/pear.m4 b/pear/pear.m4
index a3eb1fcb4c1..7dc38794ac1 100644
--- a/pear/pear.m4
+++ b/pear/pear.m4
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(PHP_WITH_PHP_CONFIG,[
   EXTENSION_DIR=`$PHP_CONFIG --extension-dir`
  
   if test -z "$prefix"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find php-config. Please use --with-php-config=[PATH])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find php-config. Please use --with-php-config=PATH)
   fi
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for PHP prefix)
   AC_MSG_RESULT($prefix)